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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in online education technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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